Education Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools. The EMHP will deliver evidence-informed interventions, including mental health assessments and CBT-based interventions, to children and young people of primary and secondary school age, and their families. The position involves working in education settings and the community to support emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr Education Mental Health Practitioner' course.
- A further degree qualification - Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree or demonstrate the ability to work at degree level (this will be assessed as a University entry requirement for the Band 4 EMHP Position)
- Registered with the BABCP or BPS
- *Knowledge of educational environments.
- * Knowledge of safeguarding issues.
- * Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence.
- * Experience of working with children, young people and their families in a healthcare and education setting.
- * Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders.
- * Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
- * Experience of working with anxiety disorders.
- * Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders.
- * Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people, or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy).
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr Education Mental Health Practitioner' course.
- A further degree qualification - Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree or demonstrate the ability to work at degree level (this will be assessed as a University entry requirement for the Band 4 EMHP Position)
- Registered with the BABCP or BPS
- *Knowledge of educational environments.
- * Knowledge of safeguarding issues.
- * Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence.
- * Experience of working with children, young people and their families in a healthcare and education setting.
- * Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders.
- * Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
- * Experience of working with anxiety disorders.
- * Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders.
- * Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people, or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy).
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Education Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking for the next stage in your career? Do you hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health? Do you have experience working with children and young people in an education setting? If this is you, we would love to hear from you!
This is a great time to join our service to meet the needs of schools and our communities.
As an Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP), you will be based within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Basingstoke, Fareham, Havant or Romsey & District, working alongside various mental health professionals.
You will work in education settings and in the community delivering a range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision. You will undertake mental health assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.
You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age, and in some cases their parents and carers. You will support MHST work to develop and deliver whole school approaches for emotional wellbeing and mental health.
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